Personally, I think that they should really concentrate on their station ambulation expansion. new tech and new space is all fine and dandy, fun even, but the lack of the ability to walk around outside of your capsule is a gaping (worm)hole in the game at the moment, and that's what turns off many new players even more than the learning curve.

On a side note, instead, I'm not sure i like the idea of the gap between old players and new ones being increased further. EVE is already a game in which catching up or even getting close is quite hard. But that's just a personal sentment.